On Saturday, June 10, the 2017 Peggy Kirk Bell Girls’ Golf Tour played the South Carolina One-Day Open Series at Mid Carolina Club. The goal of One-Day Open Series events is to provide a fun and friendly tournament on a premium golf course. The event featured a field of 41 players from the PKB Girls’ Golf Tour, the nation’s largest “girls’ only” junior tour.
The Champion of the Prep Series was determined by a sudden death playoff. Jordan Guyton (Columbia, SC 2019) came out on top, firing a 77. She was followed Madison Branum (Lexington, SC 2018) also with a score of 77. Rounding out the top three was Victoria Hall (Moore, SC 2018) only two strokes behind the leaders, with a 79. Finishing in fourth place was Kennedy Gooding (Lexington, SC 2022) with a score of 81.
In the Futures Series, Cindy Song (Waxhaw, NC 2023) shot the low round of the day with a 76. Following her in second place with an 79 was Madison Lynn Dixon (Inman, SC 2023). Rounding out the top-3 was Ella Kue (King Mountain, NC 2023) with an 80. Coming in fourth place was Claire Owens (Charlotte, NC 2019) with a score of 86.
Our next South Carolina One-Day Series event is the SC One-Day Series Event @ Woodside Plantation in Aiken, SC. There is still time to register!
The Peggy Kirk Bell Girls’ Golf Tour is an initiative of the Triad Youth Golf Foundation, a 501(c)3 non-profit foundation aimed at increasing learning and playing opportunities for youth golfers. Based out of Greensboro, North Carolina, the PKBGT offers affordable, high-quality nationally ranked girls’ golf tournaments designed to prepare junior girls’ golfers for high school and collegiate golf. The PKBGT is the nation’s largest “girls’ only” junior tour with over 450 members in 2015 and 450 girls playing in or committed to collegiate golf. Learn more about the tour at pkbgt.org or by contacting Tour Director Mike Parker at mparker@pkbgt.org or 336-347-8537.
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